UNION GROVE and LOMIRA, Wis. — Ziegler has arranged $9.6 million in refinancing on behalf of Eskay Real Estate, a family-owned post-acute care provider in Southeastern Wisconsin. The refinancing funded the acquisition of a previous partner’s majority interest and refinanced SBA loans related to two post-acute care campuses located in Wisconsin. Both facilities provide skilled nursing care and assisted living accommodations in Union Grove and Lomira. Ziegler recommended refinancing outstanding SBA debt with FHA Section 232/223(f) program to allow Eskay to lower its debt service and eliminate bank-related financing risks …
SEATTLE — M&T Realty Capital Corp. has provided a $3.1 million, FHA-insured loan for the refinance of a 47-unit skilled nursing facility in Seattle. The loan was completed under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 223(a)(7) program. The 21-year loan features a 2.68 percent fixed interest rate and is fully amortizing. The transaction was led by Jim Schneider and Madeleine Roach of M&T Realty Capital’s Seattle office. Details on the borrower and facility were not disclosed.
DAYTON, Ohio — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of a 108-bed skilled nursing facility in Dayton. The nonprofit seller was looking for an exit strategy, determining that the asset was worth less than its HUD loan obligations. The community was built in 1975 and struggled with occupancy, according to Blueprint, which suggested a short-sale transaction. A private equity owner-operator acquired the property as a value-add opportunity for an undisclosed, all-cash price, with HUD’s approval.
NEW YORK CITY — The Healthcare Group of Eastern Union, a New York-based commercial real estate finance firm, has secured a $57 million bridge financing package that encompasses two skilled nursing facilities in Florida and two in Massachusetts. The four facilities total 544 beds. The two facilities in Florida represented $26 million of the overall transaction. The first was a 133-bed facility in Naples that provides a combination of skilled nursing and assisted living services. The second asset was a 146-bed center in Venice that delivers assisted living, memory care …
BALLWIN, Mo. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has negotiated the sale of West County Care Center, a 137-bed skilled nursing facility in Ballwin, approximately 20 miles west of St. Louis. West County Care Center consists of private and semi-private rooms and provides therapy, adult daycare, memory care and respite services. A new operator took over the community in fall of 2019, stabilizing operations and improving financial metrics. The seller is a family-owned operator based in Missouri divesting of a non-core, under-performing asset. The buyer was a national, private real …
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — CareTrust REIT Inc. (NASDAQ: CTRE) has acquired Buena Vista Care Center, a 150-bed skilled nursing facility in the Southern California community of Santa Barbara. California-based Covenant Care Inc. will continue to operate the property under a long-term lease that CareTrust assumed in the off-market transaction. It represents the eighth property that CareTrust owns and Covenant operates. CareTrust’s total investment was approximately $15.9 million, inclusive of transaction costs. The acquisition was funded using CareTrust’s $600 million unsecured revolving credit facility. Covenant Care has approximately four years left …
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Occupancy at U.S. skilled nursing facilities in December 2020 reached its lowest level since data have been collected, ending the year at 71.7 percent, according to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC). The data comes from over 1,500 skilled nursing facilities in 48 states that report data to NIC, an Annapolis-based data and analytics organization serving the seniors housing industry. The report includes information through the end of 2020. Average skilled nursing occupancy declined 13.3 percentage points since February 2020, before the COVID-19 …
MISSOURI — The Greystone Seniors Housing Capital Markets team has arranged $12 million in bridge financing for a 147-bed skilled nursing community in Missouri. RSF Partners, a Dallas-based private equity firm focusing primarily on the senior living sector, was the borrower on the two-year bridge refinancing. Further details on the property and loan were not disclosed.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) has released a report showing nursing homes in the U.S. have seen the lowest number of new COVID-19 cases since the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) started tracking back in May 2020. AHCA/NCAL is a Washington, D.C.-based organization representing more than 14,000 nursing homes and long-term care facilities across the country. The report suggests that the various vaccines for COVID-19 are working, the organization says. Recent CMS data shows that nursing homes have …
WEYMOUTH, Mass. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the sale of the former Colonial Nursing Center in Weymouth, a South Shore suburb of Boston. The buyer plans to convert the property to a workforce housing asset. The seller and price were not disclosed. Located on 2.11 acres and totaling 72,999 square feet, the current layout includes 93 units with various amenities, including a commercial kitchen, dining room, activity areas, outdoor courtyard, common gathering areas and outdoor walking trails. The transit-orientated property is also in close proximity to various public transportation …